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Brad Meltzer

Né(e): April 01, 1970 – Brooklyn, New York, United States

Brad Meltzer is an American author known for thriller novels, children’s nonfiction, and comics. His notable works include The Tenth Justice, The Inner Circle, and the Ordinary People Change the World “I Am” series. A New York Times bestselling writer, he has also written for DC Comics and hosted history-focused television programs.

Biographie et Parcours de l'Auteur

Brad Meltzer was born in Brooklyn in 1970 and spent formative years in Sheepshead Bay before his father lost his job and the family moved to Miami, at one point squeezing into his grandmother’s one-bedroom apartment. That disruption became part of his formation. In high school, English teacher Sheila Spicer told him he could write and pushed him onto an honors track. He became the first in his immediate family to attend a four-year college, earned a history degree from the University of Michigan, then a law degree from Columbia, where professor Kellis Parker encouraged the novel-writing student behind the law-review résumé. ((https://www.magazine.columbia.edu/article/brad-meltzer-bestselling-author-shares-his-secret-mega-success?utm_source=openai))

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If you really want to shock the world, unleash your kindness
-Make Magic
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I love when I teach my son a good lesson. But I love it even more when he teaches me
-The Day I Broke My Son’s Heart
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We the people. Period
-The President’s Greatest Secret
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Research isn’t magic. It’s just legwork
-How The Book of Lies Was Born
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I believe ordinary people change the world and I believe that enough of us can join together to keep Jerry Siegel’s house from destruction
-Q&A - The Book of Lies
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I believe the most authentic story you will ever tell is your own story
-Questions and Answers
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History doesn’t just pick people. History picks everyone. Every day
-Questions and Answers
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Heroes are far more local than you think
-Questions and Answers
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Don’t let anyone tell you “No.”
-Questions and Answers
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The best motivator is to remember what it’s like to have nothing at all–to keep yourself hungry
-Questions and Answers

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"Brad Meltzer has shown ... that he knows his source material and goes after the truth behind the history we think we know"

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"Brad Meltzer is a best-selling author whose writing focuses on political thrillers"

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"Bestselling author Brad Meltzer's eclectic text is peppered with clever asides and loads of playful language"

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